Automated Tencent Cloud Cost Tracking
Every Monday, WebRun signs in to the Tencent Cloud console, opens the billing and cost breakdown, records what each service cost over the last week into Airtable, compares it with the previous week, and opens a Trello card for every service whose spend jumped beyond your threshold.
How do I track Tencent Cloud spend before the monthly bill arrives?
WebRun signs in to Tencent Cloud every Monday and reads the cost breakdown by product for the past week. It logs each service's spend and week over week change into Airtable, tracks the month to date total, and opens a Trello card for any service whose cost jumped past your threshold.
- Cost jumps surface within a week instead of at month end
- Every service has a dated spend history in one Airtable view
- Spikes reach the team that owns the service, not just finance
Built for DevOps teams · platform engineers · finance operations · startup CTOs
What does WebRun do on every run?
The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.
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WebRun signs in and gets to work
Opens
cloud.tencent.comin a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys. -
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Tencent Cloud - read the cost breakdown
cloud.tencent.com
WebRun opens Tencent Cloud to read the cost breakdown. - Sign in to the Tencent Cloud console and open the billing centre
- Open the cost breakdown by product for the last seven days
- Capture the spend for each service, plus the month to date total
- Note any resource that was newly created or resized during the week
Done when The week's spend is captured per service with a month to date total.
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Airtable - log spend per service
airtable.com
WebRun opens Airtable to log spend per service. - Add one row per service to your cloud spend table with the week ending date
- Fill in the amount, the currency, and the percentage change against the previous week
- Update the running month to date figure so the trend is visible in one view
Done when Every service has a dated spend row and a change against last week.
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Trello - card the services that jumped
trello.com
WebRun opens Trello to card the services that jumped. - Create a card for each service whose spend rose past your alert threshold
- Put the service, the old and new weekly amounts, and the percentage change in the title
- Assign the card to the team that owns that service and add the newly created resources as a checklist
- Leave any decision to resize or shut down a resource to the card owner
Done when Every cost jump has an investigation card with a named owner.
How is each run configured?
Secure by default
Connect once, stays signed in
WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.
Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.
Questions, answered
Can it shut down or resize resources to save money?
No. WebRun only reads the billing console and reports what it finds. It never stops an instance, changes a plan, deletes a resource, or buys anything. Every cost decision stays with your team.
How does it decide a spike is worth a card?
By the threshold you set, either a percentage rise or an absolute amount against the previous week. Services below that threshold are still logged in Airtable but do not create a Trello card.
Does it need billing permissions?
It needs read access to the billing pages of the account you sign it into, the same view a finance-facing team member would use. It never enters payment details and never renews or purchases a resource.
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